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## VIM Clutch by Aleksandr Levchuk ##

VIM Clutch is a hardware pedal for improving text editing speed of VIM (<a href="http://www.vim.org/about.php">1</a>, <a href="http://www.viemu.com/a-why-vi-vim.html">2</a>) users. When pressed down, the pedal types "i" causing VIM to go into Insert Mode. When released, it types &lt;Esc&gt; and you are back in Normal Mode.
VIM Clutch is a hardware pedal for improved text editing speed for users of VIM (<a href="http://www.vim.org/about.php">1</a>, <a href="http://www.viemu.com/a-why-vi-vim.html">2</a>). When the pedal is pressed down, the pedal types "i" causing VIM to go into Insert Mode. When released, it types &lt;Esc&gt; and you are back in Normal Mode.

I just made one and it works great. Here is how I did it.

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## Acknowledgments ##

I would like to say Thank You to:
* Sean Mahoney for suggesting the name Vim Clutch.
* Anton Polishko for suggesting pressing &lt;Esc&gt; every time right before pressing "i" in order to avoid typing undesired "i"s.
* Tyler Backman for letting my use a Windows computer.
* The company PC Sensor for building such a clean and inc readably inexpensive device.

* Sean Mahoney for suggesting the name Vim Clutch.

* Anton Polishko for suggesting pressing &lt;Esc&gt; every time right before pressing "i" in order to avoid typing undesired "i"s.

* Tyler Backman for letting my use a Windows computer.

* The company PC Sensor for building such a clean and inc readably inexpensive device.


## Finally the first VIM Clutch ##

<img src="https://github.com/alevchuk/vim-clutch/raw/master/pic4.jpg" />


## Has anyone thought of this before? ##

Perhaps, but I was not able to find any mention of this. I searched for this occasionally for a span of more than 2 years. Nothing like this comes up on Google. I shared this with a lot of my friends and no one mentioned that this was already thought of by someone else.

As a result I consider myself the inventor of the VIM Clutch.


## Extras ##

PC Sensor also has a triple version of the pedal. I will order two of those as well. I will program:

* The left pedal to "I" - insert at the beginning of the line
* The middle pedal to "i" - regular insert mode
* The right pedal to "A" - insert at the end of the line


## License ##

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